TERMS OF USE

Terms of use​​

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This website contains information related to various health and medical conditions and their treatment. The website also contains links to online training for GPs and Specialists. This training is for awareness purposes in Australia only. While MSD and its service providers have used reasonable endeavours to include accurate and up-to-date information on this website, to the extent permitted by law, we make no warranties or representations as to its accuracy and all users must, as a condition of use of the website, agree that all access to and use of the website (and any site linked to this site) is at your own risk. Any training contained on the website is not intended to be used as a substitute for professional training or advice.

It is a condition of use that only members of the general Australian public or medical professionals that are resident in Australia access this site. Neither MSD nor its service providers involved in creating, producing or delivering this site (or any site linked to this site) shall be liable for any direct, incidental, consequential, indirect or punitive damages arising out of access to, use of or inability to use the site or any errors or omissions in the content of the site. While every effort will be made by MSD to keep all information on this website accurate and up-to-date, the information provided on the MSD website is not a substitute for professional medical advice and care. If you have specific needs, please see a professional health care provider. Any references to products, services, or health care providers on this website are not a recommendation or endorsement of products, services or providers.

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This website of MSD & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, NJ, USA (the “company”) includes “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are based upon the current beliefs and expectations of the company’s management and are subject to significant risks and uncertainties. There can be no guarantees with respect to pipeline products that the products will receive the necessary regulatory approvals or that they will prove to be commercially successful. If underlying assumptions prove inaccurate or risks or uncertainties materialize, actual results may differ materially from those set forth in the forward-looking statements.

Risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, general industry conditions and competition; general economic factors, including interest rate and currency exchange rate fluctuations; the impact of pharmaceutical industry regulation and healthcare legislation in the United States and internationally; global trends toward healthcare cost containment; technological advances, new products and patents attained by competitors; challenges inherent in new product development, including obtaining regulatory approval; the company’s ability to accurately predict future market conditions; manufacturing difficulties or delays; financial instability of international economies and sovereign risk; dependence on the effectiveness of the company’s patents and other protections for innovative products; and the exposure to litigation, including patent litigation, and/or regulatory actions.

The company undertakes no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. Additional factors that could cause results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements can be found in the company’s 2015 Annual Report on Form 10-K and the company’s other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) available at the SEC’s Internet site (www.sec.gov).

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The information contained in this website was current as of the date presented. The company assumes no duty to update the information to reflect subsequent developments. Consequently, the company will not update the information contained in the website and investors should not rely upon the information as current or accurate after the presentation date.